Trunk ironing-board



G. H. WHEARL TRUNK IRONING BOARD'.

APPL|CAT|0N-FILED JULY 9| 1-920.

Patented Aug. 9,' 1921.`

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GEORGE ENRY WHEAVRY, ,orf-RACINE Wiscoivsin.yV

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Appiication aieafiuiy 9, 1920. serial No. 395,113.Y

To aZZwwm #may concern.' Y f Be it vknown that I, GEORGE HENRY W HEARY, a citizen of the United States, andr resident of Racine, in the county fofl Racine and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and useful improvements in Trunk Ironing- Boards, of which the following is a description, reference being had to the accompany ing drawings,- which are a part of this speci? ication.

Thisinveiition relates to improvements in trunk ironing boards.

An electric or other flat iron is now considered a necessary and a very desirable adjunct toa wardrobe trunk, ,and irons now' almost universally form part of'the outt of the traveling public yto permit the easy and expeditious pressing and ironing of wearing apparel soiled or wrinkled during traveling. Heretofore, the ironing was done on any convenient table or stand which was not as firm as desired noriof a shape to permit the ironing of some garments in the most eflicient manner. 1

1t isl one of theobject's of ythe present invention to overcome the .beforementioned objectionable featuresand provide an ironing board which is carried in the trunk and ymay be easily mounted in a iirm position for;

use on the trunk `lwhen thetrunk jis inxopen position..`

A further position t0V JA further object provide a trunk ironing board which is sup-v ported both in -open or folded position en-' tirely on the trunlr' A further object of the .invention is to prof vide aV trunk ironing board soarranged that garments to be ironed may be easily` slipped over the end of theboard. f 5 i Y A further object of the invention is to prople constructioinis strong yand durablej and is well adapted forthe 1:purposedescribed.

' With thelabove and other obj ectsin View',

the inventionconsists ofrthe trunk ironing board and its .partsand combinations as setthe board.

lobject of the invention-isto pro-' l vide; a trunk ironing boardin the form of` permit the closing of the trunk- .l

opposite inner' faces of the trunk sectionj of the invention is to f forth in the thereof.

In the accompanying drawing iny which the sameareference characters indicate the same parts inall of the views:

.Figure 1 is a front view of yaportion of a wardrobe trunk 'provided with' the improved ironing board; Q'

Fig 2 is la view taken at right anglesto lFig. 1, showing the ironing board in extended supported position;

Fig. 3V is a rear detail view, on a larger scale, of a portion of the ironing board showing the supporting standard in folded position; f :v

F ig. 4 is a vdetail, sectional View of one end' portion ofthe pivotal connection of the ironing board and a portion of the trunk;

Fig. 5 is a'detail sectional view of the of the supporting rod; and

claims and` all equivalents joint F ig. Slis a detail sectional view ofraipor-` tionof a modified form of attachment for Referring to the drawing, the numeral 8 indicates a drawer section, and 9 a Wardrobe section of ay wardrobe trunk which is provided with .the usual The im# proved ironing board comprises the board memberl 13, the attaching means 14 and the supporting legl. The-board 13 is of less width at its outer end portion to'permit` it to enter smaller portions of garments toA be f ironedfand the inner end of the board is provided 'withv two loops 16 which extend around and 'arexrigidly lfastened to a trans' verse supporting rod v17v .forming part of the attaching means 14 before mentioned. Said:v rod at its opposite ends/is journaled in opgarment Shangers 10,- ypressure bar 11 and a'shoe box 12.

posite brackets 18 which are mountedon the sides and offset inwardly toward each otherv shouldered .as indicated by the numeral 17 n to limit the endwise movement inthat direction. The opposite end portion vofthe rod `is provided with a.A slidable sleeve 19 which is yieldingly urged outwardly by-v aA coiled spring 20 surrounding the rod and interposed between the sleev'e19and avcollar 21 mounted. fast onythe rod. .The sleeve is formed withan elongatedslot 22 to receive the outerend portion of alpin 23 whichf limits the outer movement of said sleeve. v A

This construction permits the easy removal -to the right against rclear the shoulders 9.45

ot the rod and the board by pressing the. rod the tension ot the spring 2O until the opposite end of they rod clears its offset bracket and then swinging said cleared end upwardly .o'r outwardly, the other end may then be disengaged from its supporting offset bracket. rl`he rod is replaced by reversing the movements.

rElie board 13 toward its outer end portion has mounted on its under side a downwardly looped bracket 24- to the looped portion of which is hingedly connected the upper end oi the two part supporting leg'l betore mentioned. T he lower end portion of this leg, when the ironing board is in open position, enters the socket member 25 mounted on the shoe box 12 and supports the outer end portion ot said board. s said supporting leg extends downwardly Vand inwardly, a very rigid brace is formed to withstand the work. The two portions of the legs overlap each other and have iiat adjacent faces 26 and are Ytoldably connected together by'a headed pin 27. rigidly connected to one ot the overlappedv portions and extending` loosely through the other overlapped portion-fte permit said portion to freely slide and swing to folded position. The headed pin 27 is suthciently long to permit the lower portion ot the leg to be moved laterally1 to termed by the fiat faces 26, and the said lower leg part may then be folded in position shown in Fig. 3. TWhen folded, the parts are swung against the V'lower surface of the boardl and engage transverse holding and reinforcing members 28 and 28 mountedthereon. The holding member 28 is in the form of a pivoted latch whichmay be turned to lock the parts' in folded position. lVhen the leg is in supporting position, a slidable sleeve 29 positioned on the upper leg part, is adapted to be slid over the overlapped parts and hold said parts in alined position. The sleeve is providedwith an elongated slot 30 to accommodate the pin 27, and said pin. also serves as a stopte properly posit-ion the sleeve over the joint.

`When theboard is folded downwardly its lower endis-adaptedto extend to the rear of the socket member 25, which holds the Y board in said position. In the modilied form shown in Fig. 6, the ironing board 13 is provided with open loops or hooks 16 which removably connect the board to the transverse rod.

. From the foregoing description, it will be seen that thetrunk ironing board is of very simple construction, and is well adapted for the purpose described. y

"What I claim as myinvention is:

1. .The combination with a trunk section having a shoe box, of an ironing board therefor, comprising brackets mounted on the op- .board member having a transverse rod at its inner end portion which removably engages the brackets,- a socket member' mounted on the shoe box, and a supporting leg member connected to the other end portion of the board and removably engaging the socket member of the shoe box.

2. rlhe combination with a trunk section provided with a shoe box in its lower portion, of an ironing board for the trunk section, comprising brackets mounted on the opposite side portions ot the trunk section, a board member having a transverse rod at its inner end portion provided with a yielding sleeve, said rod and sleeve removably engaging the brackets to hingedly connect the board to the trunk section, and a supporting leg member connected to the other endY portion ot the board member and removably mounted on the shoe box, and a supporting leg member hingedly connected to the other end portion of the board member and removably entering the socket member to hold said board member in its upper position.

e. The combination with a trunk section providedwith a shoe box in its lower portion, of an ironing boardl for the trunk section, comprising brackets mounted on the opposite side portions ot the trunk section, a board member havingv a transverse rod at its inner end portion providedV with yielding sleeve, said rod and sleevev removably engaging the brackets to hingedly connect' the board to the trunk section, la socket member mounted on the shoe box, and: a two-part-hinged-together` supporting leg member hingedly connected to the other endportion of the board member and removably entering the socket member to hold said board member in its upper position. Y

`f 5. The combination with a trunk section provided with a-shoe box in its lower portion, of an ironing' board for the trunksection, comprising inwardly 'otlsetbrackets lmounted en the opposite sides of' the trunk section andhaving openings therein, a board member having a transverse rod at its inner end portion, the opposite ends of saidrodremovably entering the bracket openings to Jform a hinge connection therewith, a yielding sleeve slidably mounted: on the rod and engaging one of the brackets to-maintainv the rod in central position: and permit-the removal of.

the rod from the brackets, a socket member mounted on the shoe box, a two-part-hingedtogether supporting leg hinged at its upper end to the outer portion of the board and oldable against said board, vthe lower end portion of said leg removably entering the socket member, and a sleeve slidably mounted on the leg and movable to a position to lock the two portions of the'leg member Vin alined position.

6. rlhe lcombination with a trunk section provided with a shoe box in its lower portion, of an ironing board for the trunk section, comprising inwardly oilset brackets mounted on the opposite sides of the trunk section and having openings therein, a board lmember having a transverse rod at its inner end portion, the opposite ends of said rod removably entering the bracket openings to form a hinge connection therewith, a yielding sleeve slidably mounted on the rod and engaging one of the4 brackets to maintain the rod in central position and permit'the removal of the rod from the brackets, a socket member mounted on the shoe bo'X, a two-part-hingedtogether supporting leg' hinged at its upper end to the outer portion of the board and foldable against said board, a locking means mounted on the board kfor holding the supporting leg in foldedposition, the lower end portion of said leg removably entering the socket member, and a sleeve slidably mounted on the leg and movable to apositionl to lock the two alined position.

7 The combination with a trunk section provided with a shoe boxin its lower portion, ofan ironing board for the trunk section,

comprising inwardly oEset brackets mount-Y ed on the 'opposite sides of the trunk section and having-openings therein, a board member having a transverse rod at its inner end portion, the opposite ends of said rod removably entering the bracket openings to form a hinge connection therewith, a yielding sleeve slidably mounted on the rod andengaging one of the brackets to maintain the rod in central position and permit the removal of the rod from the brackets, a socket member mounted on the shoe boX, a two-Dart-hingedtogether supportingleg hinged at its upper end to the outer portion of the board and iolda'ble against said board, the hinged .por-- tions of said leg overlapping each other and having adjacent fiat faces and movable laterally and swingingly to 'folded position, a sleeve movable to inclose the ,overlapped leg portions and lock said parts in alined position, the lower fend portion of said leg removably entering the socket member, and means mounted on 'the board for holding the supporting leg in folded position.

portions of the leg member in- In testimonywhereof I affix my signature.v i

AGEORGE HENRY kVVI-IEARY. 

